Transfer Rumours Transfer Rumours thread

[saintanton]

I thought that, if I could flap my arms and fly like a bird or just point one arm like superman, when would I reach the sky and would I know when I was there

You'd bang into it.

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

I thought that, if I could flap my arms and fly like a bird or just point one arm like superman, when would I reach the sky and would I know when I was there

Be easier to book a holiday and let the plane take you there, via the sky.

 

[Diego]

You'd bang into it.

 

[Diego]

Be easier to book a holiday and let the plane take you there, via the sky.

They never seem to reach it, you can always see it above you (unless you are in certain military planes I believe)

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

They never seem to reach it, you can always see it above you (unless you are in certain military planes I believe)

Nah, you seem to be getting mixed up, the stratosphere is above the sky, passenger airplanes fly below it.


I think!

 

[Salah's-left-foot]

Er, they can't if VVD digs his heels in and we match their bid, in all respects. Overarching Prem rules is contract alw - there really would be hell to play legally if Soton tried to discriminate the transfer of a contract based only upon their own prejudices. In this, once Soton have agreed a fee, as long as we match that and its payment terms, the whip hand will be with VVD.

That said... I think he'll go to Chelsea just to get away now, and before people point to the Heinze non-transfer there was/is a convention (albeit unwritten, as far a s I know) about sales between the two clubs.

They can accept/reject any bid they want. Once they accept a bid it isn't a case of matching it, the second team have to see their bid accepted too.

 

[Ivan Dobsky]

I thought that, if I could flap my arms and fly like a bird or just point one arm like superman, when would I reach the sky and would I know when I was there

I think you should test that theory by standing on the ledge of a very tall building and just take off. You've got our backing.

 

[Ivan Dobsky]

They can accept/reject any bid they want. Once they accept a bid it isn't a case of matching it, the second team have to see their bid accepted too.

You miss the point - if they accept a bid from one club, they must have reason to deny an identical bid from another. They do though, as you say, have every right to reject all offers.

 

[saintanton]

You miss the point - if they accept a bid from one club, they must have reason to deny an identical bid from another. They do though, as you say, have every right to reject all offers.

Perhaps I'm missing the point too.
If they got two identical bids, they can just choose whichever they like, surely? They don't have to explain themselves.

 

[InBiscanWeTrust]

Surely the "sky" doesn't exist as an entity? We're just gazing through the atmosphere at the space beyond.
Unless we're all in a big Truman Show.

Well there are lots of layers of "sky" before you hit outer space...

 

[saintanton]

Well there are lots of layers of "sky" before you hit outer space...

No, they're atmosphere.

 

[mighty_stevie_g]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...rth-138m-bid-for-liverpools-philippe-coutinho

Sky just won't stop humiliating themselves will they!

A source has told them next bid is 101m upfront 37m add ons.

 

[saintanton]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...rth-138m-bid-for-liverpools-philippe-coutinho

Sky just won't stop humiliating themselves will they!

A source has told them next bid is 101m upfront 37m add ons.

It won't go away until September.

 

[InBiscanWeTrust]

Barca: Accept by 7pm Sunday or we'll walk away....

Lfc : no reply

2 days later....

barca: hey remember when we said we'll walk away well we had a rethink and here is our new offer...

they don't look desperate at all

 

[Milk not bear jizz]

I think he's a bottom.

[HASHTAG]#zingywould[/HASHTAG]

 

[RogerisontheHunt]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...rth-138m-bid-for-liverpools-philippe-coutinho

Sky just won't stop humiliating themselves will they!

A source has told them next bid is 101m upfront 37m add ons.

Sounds like they just asked some random guy sat in their office.

 

[RogerisontheHunt]

Shaun Goater (why?) had his say on our transfers, Couts and VvD to be specfic:

On Couts;
“I personally think that Liverpool should sell him but try and get more,” Goater said on Sky Sports.
“At the end of the day, I think Liverpool will be short, they will be short to win the Premier League.
“For me it could be good business as to what they can do with it after Coutinho’s moved on, if they accept.”

On VvD;
Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk should be playing for a bigger club than Saints, according to pundit Shaun Goater.
But Goater says Van Dijk must accept he will be staying with Mauricio Pellegrino’s side until January’s window at least.
“His head’s been turned, he’s a quality player, he can and should be playing at a bigger club,” Goater said on Sky Sports.
“I think that is where his head has been turned but he was happy with the contract a year ago that he signed.”

So VvD must stay at Soton but Couts should be free to go, despite both players being in the same position over signing long contracts less than a year ago?
Its the Hypocrisy that really gets me.

 

[Libby]

You did mate. I think I thanked you at the time for telling it to them straight.

My problem is with their own 'decent' fans - there may be one or two on there - who don't tell them it's not on. It's not like they're going to get punched in the face is it Have some guts.

The problem is you can say it once or twice but it's not going to stop people.

The one with you and sky there I even posted that even if it's not meant in that way that it's a very poor choice of phrase to use and people should be more considerate.

Not sure inverted commas around decent was necessary mate.

 

[Libby]

How dare you doubt our deludedness?

Yeah I was just about to say to Bobby... Give it a couple of wins

 

[Page_Moss_Kopite]

Shaun Goater (why?) had his say on our transfers, Couts and VvD to be specfic:

On Couts;
“I personally think that Liverpool should sell him but try and get more,” Goater said on Sky Sports.
“At the end of the day, I think Liverpool will be short, they will be short to win the Premier League.
“For me it could be good business as to what they can do with it after Coutinho’s moved on, if they accept.”

On VvD;
Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk should be playing for a bigger club than Saints, according to pundit Shaun Goater.
But Goater says Van Dijk must accept he will be staying with Mauricio Pellegrino’s side until January’s window at least.
“His head’s been turned, he’s a quality player, he can and should be playing at a bigger club,” Goater said on Sky Sports.
“I think that is where his head has been turned but he was happy with the contract a year ago that he signed.”

So VvD must stay at Soton but Couts should be free to go, despite both players being in the same position over signing long contracts less than a year ago?
Its the Hypocrisy that really gets me.

We got our arses kicked by the British sports press and TV media over the VVD caper(fair enough), but the BBC and Sky Sports in particular are getting great delight over our Couthinho situation, when Goater uttered the ****e you quoted shouldn't the person interviewing him have pointed out that he's contracted for the next 5 years, he's wanted by the club, he's not for sale and that Goater made a **** of himself with his hypocrisy when discussing VVD?
Haven't heard many on those outlets say Barca are out of order and should take LFC's refusal to sell from minute one for what it is, So SSN reckon they're coming back again, no doubt the players head will be further ****ed up if they do make a new offer, it's time the Boston Crew came over and put everyone in the picture personally.